St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-20
four PEOPLE DEAD
AS the Result of a Family
Quarrel Over Financial
Matters.
Three Women Slain by the
Man Who Should Have
Protected Them.
The Assassin Fittingly Ends
His Awful Work by Com
hitting Suicide.
The Cases of the Chicago
BOodlerS--General Crimi-
nal Intelligence.

Troy, N. Y, Dec. 19.-S. S. Crandall.
formerly a lawyer and real estate
broker in Troy, to-day shot his wife, his
mother-in-law, Mrs. S. S. Stone. his
step-daughter, Julia Buckley. and him.
self, at their home at BallStOn. All are
dead but his wife, and she is dying. He
had a controversy with his wife over
money matters. His wife was the di-
vorced wife of Crandall's former legal
associate. Crandall was once a candi-
date for sheriff in Washington county
and defaulted. He was extravagant in
his habits. His wife had money and
the quarrel was over its control. The
house in which the crime was committed
was bought by Mrs. Stone about year
ago. The family consisted of Mrs.
Stone, her sister, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Gran
dall, the latter's daughter, Julia Bulk
ley ana Crandall. Mrs. Stone was about
slXty-tWO years old, being the widow of
5. 5. Stone, the collar maker, who died
couple of years ago, leaving large
estate. Mrs. Crandall had refused to
touch any OF her fathers property as
long as her mother was alive and this
determination caused frequent trouble
between herself and her husband. Mrs.
Crandall was a widow with one child.
Julia Buckley, when she met Crandall a
couple OF years ago. lie represented
himself as being worth $4,000 and
finally married Mrs. Buckley. Crandall
was i'll the habit of
URGING HIS WIFE
to get tWO-thirdS of the Stone prOpertv.
which she owned and OF which her
mother had use. She refused so to do.
The trouble eliminated YESTERDAY when
Crandall and Mrs. Stone had dispute
as to the occupation of wOrkingman
employed on the place. At that time
he called his wife several hard names,
when she retOrted that he was only a
pauper, and had no property except
what they gave him. He replied that
she would be poorer before she was
richer. A week ago the grandchild had
made complaint to have Crandall ar
rested for his abuse. 1t was SUNDAY
agreed that the ladies would go to TROY
Monday and consult r. I'll. Mcclellan,
their attorney. The family were at the
table eating breakfast when Crandall
began shooting. The ladies ran from
the table to the kitchen and he ran
after them, firing across the room. Mrs.
Stone ran out of doors into the snow,
some rods from the house. He went to
the door and shot after her She fell
exhausted in the snow and died soon
after. Crandall then turned about,
loaded his revolver and at short range,
fired at Julia. The shot took effect near
the navel. 1t was fired so close that the
white apron she wore was burned by
the powder. Mrs. Crandall received
two wounds in the groin. Crandall then
ran from the room and was not seen I'M
til his dead body was found in the Gu
nOta of the hOuSp Mrc ElIic of onoo
raised the alarm and people soon came
fiocking to the scene. 1t was too late to
be of any assistance. Officers were
placed in charge of the room and no one
outside was admitted. When the re-
porter left the house Mrs. Crandall
was very low and no attempt to probe
her wounds had been made. Later it
was reported that Mrs. Crandall died
about 10 o'clock.